Top surnames from the 1881 census in Waterfall, Staffordshire

Waterfall is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Staffordshire

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
RICHARDSON286.730839.54
CLOWES174.0865735.93
HOWSON163.8462617.76
HALL153.605812.26
HARRISON153.605816.24
PLANT133.1250141.30
SMITH122.88462.04
BALDWIN122.884667.64
RATCLIFFE112.644295.74
AUSTIN102.403849.19
MOTTRAM102.4038444.44
PHILLIPS92.163512.09
BARKER92.163516.53
SHIRLEY92.1635264.71
BOLD81.9231695.65
HEATH71.682733.88
WOODHOUSE71.682770.99
MOSS71.682727.30
LEESE71.6827382.51
MOULD61.4423168.54
HARGREAVES61.442334.60
ROBINSON61.44234.52
BARKS61.44231,052.63
STUBBS61.442354.64
HARDY61.442324.08
GREEN61.44235.12
CHADWICK61.442332.99
BARNETT61.442331.98
BRADBURY51.201941.60
BASSETT51.201977.04
WAIN51.2019143.27
LANGFORD51.201976.45
SELLARS51.2019193.80
COOPER51.20194.94
MURFIN51.2019574.71
BEARDMORE51.2019261.78
BRINDLEY51.2019157.23
CARRINGTON40.961591.32
WOOLLEY40.961548.43
BRADDOCK40.9615336.13
SPENCER40.961510.53
ROBOTHAM40.9615519.48
BIRCH30.721217.60
BURNETT30.721226.06
HANSELL30.7212357.14
TOWNSEND30.721216.98
FORD30.72127.40
ALLCOCK20.480844.54
HODKINSON20.480868.03
WOOD20.48081.51

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BARKS1,052.6361.4423
BRIDGET1,000.0010.2404
CLOWES735.93174.0865
BOLD695.6581.9231
HOWSON617.76163.8462
MURFIN574.7151.2019
ROBOTHAM519.4840.9615
MOTTRAM444.44102.4038
LEESE382.5171.6827
HANSELL357.1430.7212
BRADDOCK336.1340.9615
SHIRLEY264.7192.1635
BEARDMORE261.7851.2019
SELLARS193.8051.2019
MOULD168.5461.4423
BRINDLEY157.2351.2019
WAIN143.2751.2019
PLANT141.30133.1250
BOYDEN126.5810.2404
KEATS109.8910.2404
MILWARD104.1720.4808
RATCLIFFE95.74112.6442
CARRINGTON91.3240.9615
BASSETT77.0451.2019
LANGFORD76.4551.2019
WOODHOUSE70.9971.6827
HODKINSON68.0320.4808
BALDWIN67.64122.8846
STUBBS54.6461.4423
AUSTIN49.19102.4038
WHEELDON48.7810.2404
WOOLLEY48.4340.9615
ALLCOCK44.5420.4808
BRADBURY41.6051.2019
RICHARDSON39.54286.7308
HARGREAVES34.6061.4423
HEATH33.8871.6827
CHADWICK32.9961.4423
BARNETT31.9861.4423
PERCIVAL30.6720.4808
FINNEY27.7010.2404
MOSS27.3071.6827
BURNETT26.0630.7212
HARDY24.0861.4423
NEEDHAM22.6020.4808
COLLEY18.9810.2404
BIRCH17.6030.7212
TOWNSEND16.9830.7212
BARKER16.5392.1635
HARRISON16.24153.6058

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called BARKS in Waterfall at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 1.4423 in Waterfall means that 1.4423% of the people in Waterfall on census day were called BARKS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BARKS in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called BARKS as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called BARKS here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called BARKS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,052.63 in Waterfall means that you are 1,052.63 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BARKS in Waterfall than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Waterfall in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ALLCOCK (2)  ARCHER (1)  AUSTIN (10)  BALDWIN (12)  BARKER (9)  BARNETT (6)  BARTON (1)  BASSETT (5)  DRUMMOND (BASSETT) (2)  BEARDMORE (5)  BENTLEY (1)  BIRCH (3)  BARKS (6)  BLYTHING (1)  BOLD (8)  BOYDEN (1)  BRADBURY (5)  BRADDOCK (4)  BRIDGET (1)  BRINDLEY (5)  BUCKNALL (1)  BURNETT (3)  CARRINGTON (4)  CHADWICK (6)  CLOWES (17)  COLLEY (1)  COOPER (5)  DAWSON (1)  DEAUVILLE (1)  EDGE (1)  EVANS (1)  FINNEY (1)  FORD (3)  GOLDSTRAW (7)  GOODHALL (3)  GREEN (6)  GRINDY (3)  HALL (15)  HANSELL (3)  HARDY (6)  HARGREAVES (6)  HARRISON (15)  HEATH (7)  HECLER (1)  HODKINSON (2)  HOWSON (16)  HUNT (1)  JOHNSON (1)  KEATS (1)  LANGFORD (5)  LEESE (7)  MILWARD (2)  MORRIS (1)  MOSS (7)  MOTTRAM (10)  MOULD (6)  MOLLAT (1)  MURFIN (5)  NEEDHAM (2)  NIGHTINGALE (1)  PERCIVAL (2)  PHILLIPS (9)  PLANT (13)  POTTS (2)  PRITCHARD (1)  RATCLIFFE (11)  RICHARDSON (28)  ROBINSON (6)  ROBOTHAM (4)  SELLARS (5)  SHAW (1)  SHIRLEY (9)  SIMPSON (1)  SMITH (12)  SPENCER (4)  STUBBS (6)  TOWNSEND (3)  TURNER (2)  WAIN (5)  WESTON (1)  WHEELDON (1)  WOODISSE (2)  WOOD (2)  WOODHOUSE (7)  WOOLLISCROFT (1)  WOOLISCROFT (1)  WOOLLEY (4)